DocumentCode :
3306283
Title :
Temperature and male reproduction: the human testis as a multi-fractal organ
Author :
Tritto, Joseph ; North, Marie-Odile
Author_Institution :
Service of Urology, St. Louis Hosp., Paris, France
Volume :
2
fYear :
1999
fDate :
36434
Abstract :
The fractal anatomy is founded on the basis that an organ is a mixture of different fractal structures (microvascular network, interstitial network, morpho-functional unit network), each one with a different value of fractal dimension. The multifractality description and definition of a classic anatomical organ is related to a multi-dimensional analytical classification of the defined anatomo-functional components. A three-level fractal scaling model of the human testis is described in which the microvascular network expresses the basic hierarchic role in the microcirculatory thermoregulation of the human spermatogenetic process
Keywords :
biological organs; biorheology; biothermics; fractals; genetics; physiological models; anatomo-functional components; classic anatomical organ; fractal anatomy; fractal dimension; fractal structures; human spermatogenetic process; human testis; interstitial network; male reproduction; microcirculatory thermoregulation; microvascular network; morpho-functional unit network; multi-dimensional analytical classification; multi-fractal organ; multifractality description; organ; temperature; three-level fractal scaling model; Anatomy; Automatic testing; Fractals; Hospitals; Humans; Logic; Pathology; Size measurement; Temperature; Tires;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
ISSN :
1094-687X
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804062
Filename :
804062
Link To Document :
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